Apple rumored to begin paying Foxconn employees direct wages Chinese website Zol — which is owned by CBS Interactive — is reporting that Apple may be moving toward a model of paying Foxconn employees direct subsidies, in the form of small percentages of of the profits from whatever product line they work on. It’s...
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Trailer Park: ‘Shanghai’ Suprise It appears a number of Zac Efron fans took over last week’s Traler Park poll, given that Charlie St. Cloud won by a landslide with 62% of the votes. Second place goes to my least favorite of the week, the animated film Rio, which garnered 12% of the votes. This...
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Michael Bay Takes on Live-Action Ninja Turtles? WTF? Apparently, Michael Bay and the guys at Platinum Dunes aren’t content to merely remake (and usually ruin) horror films from the 1980s — now they’ve set their sights on The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That noise you’re hearing is the collective groan of millions of Turtles...
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Subaru letting owners show loyalty, hobbies with free badge program Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Subaru Have you seen those Subaru commercials that feature mud-covered Outbacks? You know, the ones where they talk about the thick layer of terra firma as a badge of honor? Well, if you don’t like your Subie to stay filthy...
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Report: Striking workers shut four Honda plants in China Filed under: China, Honda Honda has high hopes for China, as the automaker plans to increase sales from a projected 630,000 units in 2010 to 830,000 in 2012. Before it can focus on hitting those targets, however, Honda’s got to deal with a growing labor...
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Tony Jaa Quits Acting to Become a Monk You might remember that Tony Jaa, who came to prominence as the high-flying, hard-kicking star of the highly entertaining Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior, experienced some trouble during the production of Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, his directorial debut. At one point he reportedly walked off...
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BMW experimenting with electronic noise canceling tech for diesels Filed under: Technology, BMW, Diesel BMW sound engineer Manuel Reichle and the 635d – Click above for high-res image gallery When considering how to go about improving fuel efficiency and reducing emissions, we typically think of smaller engines, alternative fuels and electrification. One area that...
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Foxconn raising wages, relocating 20 percent of Shenzhen workers closer to home (updated) After a string of highly localized suicides at Foxconn’s manufacturing campus captured the world’s attention — again — the company has decided to increase worker wages by about 20 percent. Foxconn says that the pay raise had been planned for some...
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Casting Details for J.J. Abrams’ ‘Super 8′? Earlier tonight Paramount sent out a casting notice searching for three leads in an upcoming feature film. The three leads all range between 13 and 14 years old, and all three must come with a ‘Midwestern feel’. Paramount doesn’t mention the name of the film, which was...
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A ‘Back to the Future II’ Hoverboard That Actually Works! I don’t know what it is about certain films, but even after 25 years they still stick with you — to the point where you find yourself referencing them almost every other day for no apparent reason other than you’re just still completely in...
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